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Labubu and La-No-No: Navigating Trade Dress in Plush Toys

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Most companies would love to have their product become a viral sensation, but in the age of viral media and “internet dupes,” companies are forced to fire on all cylinders to successfully secure and defend the intellectual...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

TikTok on the Chopping Block: Will the U.S. Ban the Popular Social Media App?

On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in the seminal case of TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, which centers around the potential ban of TikTok under the Protecting...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats

Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is based on...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

TikTok and Oracle Ink Data-Storage Agreement in Apparent Effort to Avoid Further CFIUS Scrutiny

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On June 17, 2022, TikTok Inc. (“TikTok”) reportedly completed the migration of its U.S. users’ information to servers at Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) in a move that bars access by Chinese parent company ByteDance. ...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] U.S.-China Trade Controls - September 20th, 10:00 am - 5:15 pm EDT

Industry's Annual Forum on MEU and MIEU Rules, New Legislation, Data Transfers and Emerging Technology Rules - ACI’s 3rd Virtual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference will take place September 20, 2021, in a virtual format....more

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CFIUS: Questions for the Biden Administration

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can be expected to maintain America’s traditional open investment posture consistent with the robust protection of U.S. national security interests....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.19.2020 | Top Story: ConocoPhillips Buys Oil Producer Concho Resources in Deal Worth Nearly $10B

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ConocoPhillips is doubling down on its commitment to the Midland basin by buying Concho Resources Inc. in “an all-stock transaction valued at $9.7 billion,” even “as the American shale-drilling industry is facing a downturn...more

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The Courts Step In To Protect TikTok From The Trump Administration

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In a dramatic Sunday morning hearing (conducted remotely via telephone), lawyers for TikTok and the Trump Administration battled over whether the government’s order banning TikTok from the Apple and Google app stores would...more

Perkins Coie

President Trump Issues Executive Orders Prohibiting Transactions with the Makers of TikTok and WeChat

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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders (the EOs) on August 6, 2020, an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO) and an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat (WeChat...more

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New Executive Orders Target Chinese Apps

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On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued two nearly parallel executive orders (EOs) targeting the enormously popular apps TikTok and WeChat: Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO), and Executive...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.10.2020 | Top Story: Twitter Enters Fray in Pursuit of TikTok

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With “Twit-tok” trending this weekend, you should be unsurprised to learn that Twitter has joined the group of suitors for TikTok, revealing that it’s held preliminary talks with the video-sharing app about a possible combo. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

National Security Meets Teenage Dance Battles: Trump Issues Executive Orders Impacting TikTok and WeChat Business in the U.S.

On August 6, 2020, Trump issued two separate executive orders that will severely restrict TikTok and WeChat’s business in the United States. For weeks, the media has reported on Trump’s desire to “ban” TikTok with speculation...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Countries and Companies Cool on TikTok, As Microsoft Proposes US Solution

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In early July, the Indian government banned many Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, claiming they pose a “threat to sovereignty and integrity.” India’s Ministry of Information Technology acted “in defense of...more

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